Technology-enabled Personalized Learning

This working meeting brought together innovative leaders in the field – educators, service providers, nonprofit leaders, researchers, and other stakeholders – and built upon some of the partnerships, findings, and outcomes from a related 2010 National Summit.*1 The Summit was informed by and sought to identify and accelerate the many important initiatives underway to deliver the new learning parad [...] Definition of Personalized Learning Although many different ideas about personalized learning exist, the Summit participants focused on the definition included in the 2010 National Education Technology Plan: “Personalization refers to instruction that is paced to learning needs, tailored to learning preferences, and tailored to the specific interests of different learners. [...] And it calls for leveraging the power of technology to support continuous and lifelong learning.” --National Educational Technology Plan (2010) Technology-enabled personalized learning includes teacher and machine use of the following tools: • Multiple, ongoing assessments and other data to dynamically identify each student’s needs and strengths relative to learning goals, including around the uni [...] Effective Vetting and curating of Learning Resources Effective vetting and curating of learning resources has the potential to increase the scale and effectiveness of matching digital learning resources to personalized learning needs. [...] In addition, without a seamless solution for the integration of the various content, the discoverability of the content proves challenging and students will not have access to the rich resources provided by the school and teacher.